by chris@bouncingball.pro | Oct 16, 2026 | Uncategorized
“Let me show you where I was camping last week.” Microsoft developer Jonathan Fay was demoing the latest build of WorldWideTelescope to me in Morrison Planetarium in late 2012. I had been intrigued by the free planetarium simulation software he had built since it was...
by chris@bouncingball.pro | Sep 23, 2026 | Uncategorized
A big part of why I agreed to join the board of Dome Fest West was to help the festival fulfill its potential of being a valuable marketplace that serves planetarium operators, filmmakers, producers, and distributors. Having been on all sides of those relationships,...
by chris@bouncingball.pro | Sep 8, 2026 | Uncategorized
This week on Thursday, September 10th, 2026, I’ll be joining one of Dome Fest West’s Fulldome Forums webinars to discuss Using Domecasting to Expand your Reach. Domecasting and dome streaming are related ideas of being able to transmit a planetarium...
by chris@bouncingball.pro | Aug 31, 2026 | Uncategorized
My science fiction film series, Space on Screen is back at Oakland’s New Parkway Theater. In September we’ll jump across the cosmos with Stargate, with live introductions in the OpenSpace open-source planetarium software. I’ve worked on ancient...
by chris@bouncingball.pro | Aug 20, 2026 | Uncategorized
Infinite Zoom is a new immersive exhibit space for the refreshed McNair-Davis Planetarium in Jackson, Mississippi, powered by the OpenSpace open-source planetarium simulation software. Tau Immersive has been proud to help the Friends of the McNair-Davis Planetarium,...
